Annually, She’s the First programs directly impact more than a quarter million girls across 6 continents.
Over the past 15 years, we’ve improved 936,396 girls’ futures by working alongside 827 community organizations and 295 girl-led chapters in 62 countries!
Sometimes, this impact looks like girls having access to education and mentorship (you can watch many of those stories below), but that is not all. Through our activism training programs for girls, as well as our training programs for girl-serving organizations, we measure transformational impact in several ways, including:
Among the women-led organizations we train:
Strategic Plan
The Power Plan lays out our programmatic goals and the steps we'll take to get there.
For the next three years, we’ll focus our efforts on two main goals to increase girls’ power at multiple levels. We’ll:
Build coalitions to positively impact girls’ agency, access, and equity in community-based organizations (CBOs).
Provide girls with the foundation they need to advocate for their rights in their families, communities, and societies.
Year in Review
It’s our 15th-anniversary year at She’s the First — a milestone moment to reflect on growth, leadership, and impact.
In 2024, we reached 289,149 girls across 6 continents — an 80.6% increase over the prior year! In a global climate where governments are rolling back girls’ rights and humanitarian aid is shrinking, we’ve doubled down on our mission: to put girls first.
Behind these numbers are powerful local leaders, grassroots movements, and the girls themselves — launching activism projects, building cross-cultural connections, and shaping the future from the ground up.
Monitoring & Evaluation
She’s the First conducts ongoing evaluation through pre-and post-surveys, focus groups, semi-structured interviews, and direct observation. For each training or programming initiative, we conduct a baseline survey and a follow-up within one year to assess progress made.
Previous Campaigns
Stories have the power to inspire change. Below are some of the multimedia projects we’ve created with girls and partners over the past decade. We also publish girls’ voices on our Instagram page and in our Girl Talk blog.